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No brakes!


4wheelforay

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blog-0461614001422663761.jpgAt the time of the test drive I the car pulled to the left pretty hard, I figured this was due to not being driven for quite some time. After getting it home and doing a couple laps of the neighborhood I realized that the right front caliper was not functioning properly, the surface rust on the disc was still present after several attempts at hard stops. I got a brake bleed kit and attempted to bleed the caliper but no fluid came out. I pulled the caliper off and no fluid exited the line, I also attempted to push the pistons back into the caliper with a clamp but neither one moved. I called the usual places looking for a caliper but because I have a ’68 built car I needed the single line calipers and those are in short supply, I hit the faq and Stuff hooked me up with a take off pair of calipers. I also picked up a brake hose hoping that worst case the hose to the caliper was clogged.

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Super fast red calipers. Peek-a-boo.

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New passenger side line.

We had a few warm days in December here in Michigan and I was able to swap in the new, old calipers. They are painted red so now my car is faster. Install was fairly easy and uneventful, the rubber hose on the passenger side was clogged and replacing it did fix the brake fluid flow problem. The drivers side hose and caliper had been replaced some time in the past few years but I swapped in the matching caliper that Stuff sent me. I bled the brakes and the fronts worked great.

It was at this time that I decided to check the rear brakes, just to see if I needed to bleed them while I had the bleed kit and fluid out. Neither one functioned, yikes. I assumed they were working because other than the pull to the left the car seemed to brake normally, although it must have been the downshifting that arrested the rear wheels.

I loosened the bleed nipple on the passenger drum and there was no fluid flow, then I pulled the lines at the drums, no fluid flow there either. The drivers side drum was missing the bleed nipple. SO MANY THINGS WRONG! The rubber brake lines that run between the body and the rear suspension seemed to be clogged, like the front. Those were bastards to loosen; it was hard enough getting one end off (rear) the other (front) was in a valley that was impossible to access with any tools I own. I couldn’t get the hose off without damaging the hard lines and mounting brackets. After 2 days fighting with the rear brakes I gave up. I am going to wait for the weather to break and I am going to go with the big brake kit IE sells. I am also going to replace all the body lines. The pictures below were shot with the car put back together and with poor light.

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Sorry for the lack of pics, I wasn’t thinking about the blog.

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